Hanger for smoke-bells.



N0. 785,060. PATENTED MAR. 14,1905.

c. J. WOODWARD. HANGER FOR SMOKE BELLS.

APPLIOATION FILED SEIPT-.27, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. WOODWARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HANGER FOR SMOKE-BELLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,060, dated March 14, 1905.

Application filed September 27, 1904. Serial No. 226,138.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. WOODWARD, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, in vthe city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Smoke-Bells, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in hangers for smoke-bells.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved support for smoke-bells for gasburners, lamps, or the like which may be easily applied to any gas or lamp chandelier or pendant, whatever the diameter may be, which hanger is artistic in appearance, simple in construction, universal and adjustable, and which will form a support for one or any suitable number of smoke-bells. Such hanger is adjustable to diminish the distance between the smoke-bell and the flame and enables the adjustment of the smoke-bell to diminish or increase the distance between the chandelierpendant and said bell to accommodate any width of gas fixture or chandelier. Such a device is clearly described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which like reference-numerals refer to like parts, and in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a gas-chandelier with my improved smoke-bell hanger attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the hanger, showing the pendant of the chandelier and a portion of the bracket in section and the individual supporting-arms broken away. Fig 3 is an elevation of the same partly in section and showing the perforations in the bracket for the reception of the individual holding-arms. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a modified form of supporting-arm.-

I will describe my hanger as applied to a chandelier. A

Referring now in detail to the drawings, 1 is the pendant of a chandelier having a series of burners 2 thereon.

The hanger parse comprises a clamping disk or collar, hereinafter termed the bracket, means for clamping said bracket to the chandelier, and individual supporting-arms.

3 represents the bracket, comprising pairs of parallel segments 4 5, perforated peripherally at 6 7, respectively. Segments 4 5 are provided with central concavitiesor recesses 8 ofany suitable shape, shown in the drawings to be triangular and adapted to receive the pendant 1 or other part of the chandelier to which the hanger is applied, the walls of con cavities 8 forming gripping-surfaces to hold said hanger securely in place.

The bracket 3 is provided with flanges or lugs 9, connecting segments 4 5 at each end and receiving set-screws 10, through means of which said bracket is adjusted to fit any diameter of pendant and is held in adjusted position thereon. The segments 4 5 are spaced apart by lugs 9 a sufiicient distance to insure a firm grip by the bracket on the penci ant 1' or other part of the chandelier. The individual supporting-arms 11 are horizontal and wavy bent, undulated or curved, of any I suitable length, and are angularly bent at their inner ends to seat in perforations 6 7 By providing both segments 4 and 5 with perforations 6 and 7 respectively, a deeper bearing is made for the bent ends of arms 11, thereby preventing sagging of said arms while supporting the bells. In order to prevent accidental unseating from said perforations 6 7, arms 11 are impinged by set-screws 12,seated in the lower segments 5. The smokebell 13 is placed on arm 11 by reversing the same and passing the end of arm ll through eyelet 13 of the smoke-bell 13 and allowing the eyelet to rest in any one of the several depressions formed by the curvatures of the arm 11. In this way the distance of the smoke-bell 13 from the central bar of tube 1 of the chandelier may be regulated to bring the same directly over its burner 2. The other end of the supporting-arms 11 may be provided with suitable bends or twists 11 in order to prevent the smoke-bell 13 from being knocked off of or otherwise accidentally disengaged from the arm 11. The hangingarms 11 are preferably, as stated, undulated or spiral in form, making said arms both artistic and permitting the adjustment of the bell thereon. The curvatures in the arm also form obstacles against the longitudinal automatic displacement of the bell on the arm.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a slight modification in the form of supporting-arm. In this case arm, here designated 14, is made perfectlystraight, except that it is provided with a hook 15 at its outer end. In the use of this form of arm the eyelet 13 of the smoke-bell 13 is intended to hang on the hook 15, although it is obvious that the same may be placed at any point throughout the length of the arm 14:.

The bracket 3, it will be noticed, is provided with a series of perforations 6 7, disposed peripherally about the segments 4'5, the purpose of the plurality of perforations 6 7 being to accommodate any number of hanging-arms 11 or 14 at any desired angles, depending upon the number and angles of disposition of burners 1 on the chandelier.

It will thus be seen thatI have provided an improved hanger for smoke-bells which will permit of the vertical adjustment of the bells suspended thereonto any distance above the flame from burners 2 and which allows for the horizontal adjustment of said bells to bring them exactly over the burners they are intended to cover. It will furthermore be seen that I have provided an improved hanger for smoke-bells which permits the accommodation of a number of bells equal to the number of burners on a chandelier.

I do not wish to be limited to exact details of structure hereinbefore described, since the same may be changed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a hanger for smoke-bells the combination of a bracket consisting of two segmental parts each formed with two parallel flanges having registering vertical perforations for the reception of the vertical tang of a radial arm for supporting the smoke-bell, means for clamping the bracket-segments on the pendant, and a radial arm formed with one or more seats for the suspension of the smoke-bell,substantially as described.

2. In ahanger for smoke-bells the combination of a supporting-bracket consisting of a pair of segments each formed with two parallel flanges having a series of vertical periph erally-disposed and registering perforations, a series of radial arms having tangs seated in the registering perforations in the segment flanges and means for clamping the flanged segments on the chandelier-pendant at desired height, substantially as described.

3. Ina hanger for smoke-bells the combination of a pair of segments formed with opposed angular cavities for clamping on the pendant and each formed with two horizontal flanges having a number of peripherally-disposed and registering perforations, means for clamping said segments on the pendant, radial bell-supporting arms having vertical tangs seated in the registering perforations in the segment-flanges, and means for securing said tangs in their seats, substantially as described.

4. Ahanger for smoke-bells comprisingtwo members each consisting of a pair of parallel horizontal segments 4:, 5 connected at their ends by vertical flanges 9 and provided with registering vertical perforations 6, 7disposed peripherally about said segments, screws 10 passing through the flanges 9 and clamping said paired segments 4, 5 to the pendant of a chandelier or the like and horizontal bell-supporting arms 11 having vertical tangs inserted Y in the registering perforations 6,7 of the segments 4, 5, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. I

CHARLES J. WOODIVARD. WVitnesses:

WILLIAM P. HAMMOND, HARRY A. KNIGHT. 

